August 18, 2021, 6:04 p.m.
Ingolstadt / Neckarsulm The semiconductor shortage at Audi continues: Production of the top model A8 will be suspended from August 23rd to 25th. And for the body shop of the fully electric E-Tron GT sports car, production will be completely shut down next week. All affected employees are going on short-time work.
Production of the top model A8 will be suspended from 23 to 25 August. Photo: Audi
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At the end of this week, the company holiday at Audi ends. However, production at the German sites in Neckarsulm and Ingolstadt cannot fully start as planned due to the persistent semiconductor shortage. Production of the top model A8 will be suspended from August 23rd to August 25th inclusive. In addition, the originally planned special shift on August 28th is no longer applicable. For the body shop of the fully electric E-Tron GT sports car, production will be completely shut down next week. The special shifts already planned on September 4th and 11th will also be canceled.
The body shop of the R8 sports car is producing as planned and is not affected by the cancellation. However, for both models at the Bllinger Hfe site, i.e. the E-Tron GT and the R8, production on the assembly line will be suspended for the entire next week.
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Further production stoppages at Audi
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All affected employees are going on short-time work
The effects of the shortage of parts in Ingolstadt are even more extensive. On assembly line 1 (A4 / A5), production will be suspended from 23rd to 30th August in the early and late shifts. There is also no production on assembly line 2 (A3 / A4 / A5) from 23rd to 30th August in the early, late and permanent night shifts. The line is complete. The same applies to assembly line 3 (A3 / Q2). All affected employees are going on short-time work.
CFO has already forecast the chip crisis
When the financial results for the first half of the year were presented, CFO Jrgen Rittersberger predicted that the chip crisis will continue to cause Audi problems. From January to June, due to the lack of parts, the automaker was unable to build a mean five-digit number of vehicles – around 40,000 to 60,000 cars, Rittersberger explained in an interview with our newspaper. In the third quarter, Audi will be even more affected by the semiconductor shortage than before, said the CFO.
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Meanwhile, the sales figures for July have been released. Accordingly, sales at Audi fell by 8.9 percent to 146,800 vehicles compared to the same month last year. In the year to date, the brand with the four rings has sold around 1.13 million units, 29.9 percent more than in 2020.
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